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单词 sidestep
释义
sidestep
verb[IorT]
uk
/ˈsaɪd.step/us
/ˈsaɪd.step/
-pp-
tostepto thesideinordertoavoidsomething,especiallybeinghit:
横跨一步躲开；侧步避让
He sidestepped theblow/thetackle.他侧步避开了攻击／阻截。
toavoidtalkingabout asubject,especiallybystartingtotalkabout somethingelse:
（尤指通过开始谈论别的事情）回避（某个话题）
Thespeakersidesteppedthequestionby saying that it would take him toolongtoanswerit.演讲者借口说回答要很长时间而回避了这个问题。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to avoid doing something
  • avoidAvoid swimming in areas where sharks are known to congregate.
  • evadePlease don’t think I’m trying to evade my responsibility.
  • dodgeHe tried to dodge his military service.
  • run away fromI didn't often run away from difficult decisions.
  • shrink fromI've never been one to shrink from a challenge.
  • sidestepThis is not a responsibility you can sidestep.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Moving in order to avoid contact
  • avoid
  • avoidsomethinglike the plagueidiom
  • avoidance
  • bypass
  • circumnavigate
  • clear
  • dodge
  • duck and diveidiom
  • duck and dodge(something)idiom
  • duck and weaveidiom
  • evasive
  • evasively
  • evasiveness
  • fall
  • jump
  • moving target
  • skirt
  • steer
  • steer clear ofsomeone/somethingidiom
  • weave
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Digressing and being indirect or evasive
(Definition ofsidestepfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

sidestep| American Dictionary

sidestep
verb[I/T]
us
/ˈsɑɪdˌstep/
-pp-
toavoidsomething:
[T]Thedevelopertriedto sidestepcitybuildingrules.
[T]Sheskillfullysidesteppedquestionsabout her past.
Apersonoranimalwho sidestepsmovesquicklyto theside.
(Definition ofsidestepfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsidestep

sidestep
The thankless and probably fruitless effor t to estimate the propor tion of oats eaten by people and horses can be sidestepped by simply providing the limits of the argument.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The thankless and probably fruitless effort to estimate the proportion of oats eaten by people and horses can be sidestepped by simply providing the limits of the argument.
From theCambridge English Corpus
To oppose the notion of pictures displayed in primary visual cortex, however, sidesteps the deeper issue of whether human cognition involves more than one representational format.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In order to adapt to the functions of climbing stairs and spanning sidesteps, there are two articulations on both the front and the rear of the bodywork.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Correspondingly, even if the interviewer recognizes that the question has been sidestepped, he or she may decide to "let it pass" in the interest of moving the interview along.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Since encoder sensors are used, the mobile robot must move on planar ground and once it undergoes staircases or sidesteps, this automatic returning function will be disabled.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Although he suggests a resolution to the conflict between religious truth-claims, by focusing on the fruits of religion, this approach clearly sidesteps rather than resolves the problem.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The nuclear issue can no longer be dealt with by sidestepping public opinion, which is increasingly unfavourable towards it.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
He neatly sidestepped the question by saying that some of the figures that he would produce would be reassuring.
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When he sits down exhausted, the problems have been neatly sidestepped, and no more.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He did not answer, but sidestepped the request.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
When it is ignored, undermined or sidestepped by key international players, its ability to do what those who formed it intended is dramatically reduced.
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Hansard archive
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All of these have been conceived precisely for the purpose of sidestepping the capital adequacy and transparency requirements we impose on banks.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Most of them he answered, but one or two, quite understandably, he sidestepped and avoided answering.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
A cap on party funding nationally will have no effect if it can be sidestepped in the first six months of a campaign.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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